Bulk Carriers News


Great Lakes Coal Trade Down Almost 25 Percent in August

Sep 09, 2011

Shipments of coal on the Great Lakes totaled 2,956,930 net tons in August, a slight dip compared to July (131,000 tons), but a decrease of almost 25 percent (959,000 tons) compared to a year ago.Loadings at Lake Superior ports fell 26.7 percent compared to a year ago…

Report: Ship Scrapping Growth Could be Good News

Sep 07, 2011

Braemar Seascope’s demolition brokers are working extra hard this year, which may be good newsfor everyone. Dry cargo demand growth is running at strong levels due to the twin processes of industrialization and urbanization in emerging markets…

Surge in Traffic Between Hamburg and Poland

Sep 07, 2011

In the first half of 2011, seaborne container traffic between Hamburg and Poland experienced a particular surge by 38 per cent, to 114,000 TEU. In this context, imports and exports from/to Poland are very well balanced at 56,000 TEU and 58…

DryShips Reports 2Q Results

Aug 31, 2011

DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) announced its unaudited financial and operating results for the second quarter and six month period ended June 30, 2011.For the second quarter of 2011, the company reported a net loss of $114.1m, or $0.33 basic and diluted loss per share…

SCI: Putting Expansion on Hold

Aug 29, 2011

As the world economy sputters, so too do the expansion plans for India's state-owned Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), which according to a report on the www.business-standard.com will hold up on its plan to issue new tenders for new vessels…

Norden A/S Selects Veson Nautical's IMOS

Aug 29, 2011

Veson Nautical, a provider of maritime commercial management and trading software solutions, today announced that Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S (NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen A/S: DNORD), one of the oldest and most respected listed shipping companies in the world…

DryShips Acquires OceanFreight Inc.

Aug 25, 2011

DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) and OceanFreight Inc. (NASDAQ: OCNF) announced that DryShips has acquired 3,000,856 shares of OceanFreight Inc. The shares were acquired from entities controlled by Mr. Anthony Kandylidis, the CEO of OceanFreight…

OceanFreight Inc. Reports 2Q Results

Aug 24, 2011

OceanFreight Inc. (NASDAQ: OCNF) announced for the three-month period ended June 30, 2011 the company reported a Net Loss of $1 million or $0.16 basic and diluted loss per share. Included in these results is a loss of $2.0 million associated with the sale of M/T Olinda…

Hyundai Heavy Completes Test for Ice-breaking Ore Carrier

Aug 24, 2011

Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s biggest shipbuilder, today announced the completion of the final performance test for a model ship of 190,000 DWT ice-breaking iron ore carriers at Institute for Ocean Technology in Canada.When the actual 190…

Seaway Cargo Shipments Up 21% in July

Aug 18, 2011

Port of Green Bay sees increase in petroleum exports.Washington, D.C. (August 18, 2011) – The St. Lawrence Seaway statistics for the month of July indicate steady traffic with cautious optimism as the economy continues to rebound.Year…

Diana Shipping: Time Charter Contract for M/V Boston

Aug 12, 2011

Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE:DSX), a global shipping company specializing in the transportation of dry bulk cargoes, has entered into a time charter contract with Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc., for one of its Capesize dry bulk carriers, the m/v Boston…

Excel Reports Strong 2Q

Aug 02, 2011

Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd, an owner and operator of dry bulk carriers and a provider of worldwide seaborne transportation services for dry bulk cargoes, has announced its operating and financial results for the second quarter and six month period ended June 30…

RINA Issues New Dry Bulk Carrier Design Standards

Jul 26, 2011

Genoa-based classification society RINA has established rigorous design standards for the modification or newbuilding of dry bulk cargo carriers to enable them to carry fine ores safely at any moisture content. A number of recent bulker losses…

GPA Posts Double-Digit Increases for 2011

Jul 25, 2011

Georgia Ports Authority’s (GPA) Executive Director Curtis J. Foltz announced that the GPA handled more than 2.9 million TEUs (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit containers) at the Port of Savannah, more than 465,000 automobiles and machinery units at the Port of Brunswick and nearly 2…

U.S.-Flag Cargo Trends

Jul 13, 2011

U.S.-flag Great Lakes freighters carried 10 million tons of dry-bulk cargo in June, an increase of 5.2 percent compared to May, but a decrease of 3.3 percent compared to a year ago.  The June “float” was also 3.9 percent below the month’s 5-year average…

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